UCL Institute of Archaeology

• BA, MSc, PhD
  
• Leverhulme Trust Research Associate

Research Interests

• Biological Anthropology
• Bioarchaeology
• Neanderthal Toothwear
• Human Evolution

Research Projects

• 2011-2013: Leverhulme Trust Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, University College London on a research project entitled 'Dentition and early hominin diets'
• 2007-2010: Leverhulme Trust Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, University College London on a research project entitled ‘Human Tooth Wear in Relation to Recent Hunter-gatherer and Palaeolithic Toolkits’

Research Directory Records

• Archaeology of growth and development in children
• Function and form of teeth in human evolution
• Neanderthals and Modern Humans in the Palaeolithic of Europe and Western Asia

Educational Background

• 2003-2007: PhD in Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University College London
  Thesis title: Tooth Wear Patterns in Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans. Supervisors: Simon Hillson, Leslie Aiello (President, Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York) and Andrew Garrard
• 1999-2000: MSc with distinction in Human Evolution and Behaviour, Department of Anthropology, University College London
  Thesis title: Gibraltar I: A Detailed Examination of the Dentition.Supervisors: Leslie Aiello (Wenner-Gren Foundation and formerly Department of Anthropology, University College London) and Simon Hillson
• 1996-1999: BA (2:1 Honours) in Archaeology, University of Reading

Papers

• Clement, A. F., Hillson, S.W. (In Prep). Intra-population variation in tooth wear patterns amongst the Inuit of Igloolik, Northwest Territories, Canada.
• Clement, A.F., Nichols, M. (Submitted). A new quantitative assessment of Miles’ ageing method. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
• Clement, A.F., Hillson, S.W., Aiello, L.C. (In press). Neanderthal Tooth Wear and the Anterior Dental Loading Hypothesis. Journal of Human Evolution.
• Clement, A.F., Hillson, S.W., Michalaki-Kollia, M. (2010). The ancient cemeteries of Astypalaia, Greece. Archaeology International 12: 17-21.
• Giblin, J., Clement, A.F., Humphris, J. (2010). An Urewe Burial in Rwanda: Exchange, Health, Wealth and Violence c. 400 AD. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 45: 276-297.
• Sholts, S.B., Clement, A.F., Warmlander, S.K. (2010). Dental transposition in the Santa Barbara Channel Islands. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143: 155-160.
• Clement, A.F., Hillson, S.W., de la Torre, I., Townsend, G. (2009). Tooth Use in Aboriginal Australia. Archaeology International 11: 37-40.

Book chapters

• Clement, A.F., Freyne, A. (In press). Deciduous tooth wear, in Mitchell, P. and Buckberry, J. (eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress. British Archaeological Reports International Series.
• Clement, A.F. (2007). A New Method for Recording Tooth Wear, in Zakrzewski, S.R. and White, W. (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress. British Archaeological Reports International Series 1712:72-81.

Reviews

• Jones, M.E., Clement, A.F. (2009). 14th International Symposium on Dental Morphology Conference Review. Palass newsletter 73: 28-34.
• Clement, A. F. (2007). Human evolution and behaviour at ‘The 75th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology’, Anchorage, Alaska. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 16.

Published Abstracts

• Sholts, S.B., Clement, A.F., Clegg, M. (2010). An investigation of European skeletal remains buried on San Nicholas Island, California: new insights into early European contact with Native Californian populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S50: 216.
• Clement, A.F., Hillson, S.W., de la Torre, I. (2010). Variations in tooth wear patterns amongst the Chumash of the Santa Barbara Channel area. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S50: 82.
• Clement, A.F., Hillson, S.W., de la Torre, I. (2009). Teeth: an integral part of the hominin tool kit. PaleoAnthropology 2009: A8.
• Clement, A.F., Hillson, S.W., de la Torre, Townsend, G. (2009). Tooth Use in Aboriginal Australia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138 (S48).
• Clement, A.F. (2007). Neanderthals and the Inuit of Igloolik: a comparative tooth wear study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134(S45).
• Clement, A.F. (2006). Teeth as part of the Hominid Tool Kit. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129(S42): 75-76.

Current Students

• Emmy Bocaege Enamel defects as indicators of childhood stress in the Neolithic Near East (principal supervisor Simon Hillson)